EP0176933A3 - Bar code reading apparatus - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0176933A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: bar code; reading apparatus; code reading; bar; reading
Prior art date: 1984-09-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP85112090A

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EP0176933B1 (en

EP0176933A2 (en

Inventor

Yukuo Kurimoto

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Toshiba TEC Corp

Original Assignee

Tokyo Electric Co Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1984-09-27

Filing date

1985-09-24

Publication date

1989-03-29

1984-09-27 Priority claimed from JP20234484A external-priority patent/JPS6180370A/en

1984-09-27 Priority claimed from JP20234384A external-priority patent/JPS6180369A/en

1985-09-24 Application filed by Tokyo Electric Co Ltd filed Critical Tokyo Electric Co Ltd

1986-04-09 Publication of EP0176933A2 publication Critical patent/EP0176933A2/en

1989-03-29 Publication of EP0176933A3 publication Critical patent/EP0176933A3/en

1993-08-18 Application granted granted Critical

1993-08-18 Publication of EP0176933B1 publication Critical patent/EP0176933B1/en

2005-09-24 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
- G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
- G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
- G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
- G06K7/10881—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices constructional details of hand-held scanners

EP85112090A 1984-09-27 1985-09-24 Bar code reading apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0176933B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP20234484A JPS6180370A (en)	1984-09-27	1984-09-27	Bar code reader
JP202344/84		1984-09-27
JP202343/84		1984-09-27
JP20234384A JPS6180369A (en)	1984-09-27	1984-09-27	Bar code reader

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0176933A2 EP0176933A2 (en)	1986-04-09
EP0176933A3 true EP0176933A3 (en)	1989-03-29
EP0176933B1 EP0176933B1 (en)	1993-08-18

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP85112090A Expired - Lifetime EP0176933B1 (en)	1984-09-27	1985-09-24	Bar code reading apparatus

Country Status (3)

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US (1)	US4656345A (en)
EP (1)	EP0176933B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE3587532T2 (en)

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1985
- 1985-09-11 US US06/774,926 patent/US4656345A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1985-09-24 DE DE85112090T patent/DE3587532T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1985-09-24 EP EP85112090A patent/EP0176933B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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US4132351A (en) *	1975-11-13	1979-01-02	Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha	Reflective or transmissive optical reader
US4272675A (en) *	1979-05-30	1981-06-09	Ncr Corporation	Symbol processing system
EP0070590A1 (en) *	1981-07-21	1983-01-26	Océ-Nederland B.V.	Light-sensitive detection circuit

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0176933B1 (en)	1993-08-18
EP0176933A2 (en)	1986-04-09
DE3587532D1 (en)	1993-09-23
DE3587532T2 (en)	1994-03-31
US4656345A (en)	1987-04-07

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